DUCKING THE RESEARCH ISSUE See Editorial Page Y lflfA&!atr 4Iatu DUMB High-32 Low-15 Clear, turning to snow flurries Vol. LXXXI, No. 140 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Wednesday, March 24, 1971 Ten Cents Students to vote on war research, By ART LERNER The remaining three questions dum asking for a end to classified sixteen faculty members cf the search proposal in the three years referendum would be a powerful T Daily News Analysis on the referenda include: research on campus. Senate Assembly Research Policy of its existence. blow to students seeking to build a with Students will be faced with four' -A proposal asking if the Uni- When the question of whether Committee urged students to reject However, faculty members of movement against it on campus. tat Student Government Council refer- versity should refuse research the University should cease all the classified research referendum the committee claim that a number The proposed student govern- and enda issues next week, including whose "primary or initial use will classified research was voted on and support instead the review of proposals which would have ment funding plan, which would Eng one asking students if the Univer- be in a military or war-supportive by students in March 1968, over committee mechanism which their been submitted under the old sys- assess each student $1.85 per term, tion sity should refuse to contract for capacity." 300 students and faculty had al- committee was proposing. tem have not been submitted to would give 85 cents to SGC and thei any further classified research. -The People's Peace Treaty pro- ready held a sit-in in the LSA The proposed review committee the committee due to 1,ae new the other dollar to the school and enoi Earlier this week, the faculty posal which calls for immediate Bldg. - then the Administration which would reject research pro- guidelines. college governments to which each not representative body in effect re- American withdrawal from Viet- Bldg. - demanding an end to posals with "the specific purpose In their letter to The Daily in student belongs..T jected a proposal urging the Re- nam. classified research. of which is to destroy life or to in- 1968, Research Policy Committee Backers of the funding p 1 a n Pea gents to ban classified research Backers of the classified re- By a vote of 3,043 to 4,787 the capacitate human beings" was ap- members noted, that, "If we argue that school and college gov- den from the University by sending the , search referendum argue that the referendum was defeated, as was proved by the Senate Assembly a thought that this review committee ernments within the University of t proposal back to a committee for University should be a place for the a referendum asking for a Germia- week later. would routinely approve all pro- either have no source of funds wou study. A yes vote by the Univer- "free and open exchange of ideas" tion of the University's involve- The review committee plan, posals for classified researcn, we presently or else receive money at ing ! sity's student body on the research and claim that secret research is ment with the Institute of Defense which includes student representa- too would urge the students to the discretion of the deans of pus question could give new life to contrary to this concept of a Uni- Analyses. tives, has now been challenged as vote yes on the referendum. their colleges. T] the issue. versity. At that time, those involved in ineffectual in stopping research The vote on the current classi- Proponents add that increased stud The remaining two questions on Next week will be the second the 'end classified research' cam- used "to kill or injure people," by fied research referendum will al- funding will allow SGC to de- sho the referendum include: time the question of classified re- paign were taken by surprise by a student member of the commit- lw those who have led in the velop student-interest projects in Tre -A student government funding search at the University is brought the defeat of the referendum. tee, Michael Knox. protesting of classified research to food cooperatives, 24 hour day- dra proposal asking for a $1.85 assess- to the student body. In March, Prior to the SGC referendum in He pointed out that the commit- gauge their campus support. A se- care centers, or increased low cost of t " ment per student per. term; and 1968, students defeated a referen- 1968 a letter to The Daily from the tee has accepted all but one re- cond defeat of a classified research housing, the Ten Pages runds 'he funding plan, developed the cooperation of represen- ves from many of the school college governments, including ineering Council, faces opposi- from students who say that r college governments h a v e ugh funds and that SGC does need or will misuse the money. Lhe referendum on the People's ce Treaty is supported by stu- ts who believe that ratification he treaty by the student body ld serve as a means of "rais- the consciousness" of the cam- to the Vietnam war. 'he referendum, asks if "t h e ent body of the University uld ratify the People's Peace aty, and commit itself to with- wing the services and facilities he University from support of war in Indochina." FOCUS ON REFERENDUM: War research critics organize new tactics By TED STEIN In the wake of S e n a t e Assembly's decision not to call for an end to military ald classified research at the Uni- ersity, about 60 students last night voted to work for a show of student opposition to such research in an upcoming ref- aid erendum on the issue. At Monday's Assembly meeting, disgruntled student opponents of military and classified research walked out after the faculty rep- resentative body voted to submit P the research question to further _ study. T hose present at last night's fry .'mass meeting favored focusing their attention on the Student Government Council's (SGC) ref-' erendum to be held Tuesday and .